Onthophagus | |
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Onthophagus nuchicornis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Tribe: | Onthophagini |
Genus: |
Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 [1] [2] |
Synonyms [3] | |
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Onthophagus is a genus of dung beetles in the Onthophagini tribe of the wider scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae. [4] It is the most species-rich and widespread genus in the subfamily Scarabaeinae (the 'true' dung beetles), with a global distribution.
The Genus name derives from the Greek onthos, meaning dung, and phagos, meaning eater. [5]
This genus includes around 30 subgenera and over 2,200 species. [1] [6] Some of the former subgenera of Onthophagus (including Proagoderus, Diastellopalpus, Digitonthophagus, and Euonthophagus) are now widely recognized as genera. [7]
These subgenera are in accordance with the Catalog of Life and the World Scarabaeidae Database (2023). [6]
Onthophagus | |
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Onthophagus nuchicornis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Tribe: | Onthophagini |
Genus: |
Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 [1] [2] |
Synonyms [3] | |
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Onthophagus is a genus of dung beetles in the Onthophagini tribe of the wider scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae. [4] It is the most species-rich and widespread genus in the subfamily Scarabaeinae (the 'true' dung beetles), with a global distribution.
The Genus name derives from the Greek onthos, meaning dung, and phagos, meaning eater. [5]
This genus includes around 30 subgenera and over 2,200 species. [1] [6] Some of the former subgenera of Onthophagus (including Proagoderus, Diastellopalpus, Digitonthophagus, and Euonthophagus) are now widely recognized as genera. [7]
These subgenera are in accordance with the Catalog of Life and the World Scarabaeidae Database (2023). [6]